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The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Timothy Ferris
Blackstone Audio Inc., 2007
We did it!
+ Great Book, Well Worth Reading
+ SO EPIC. THIS BOOK IS CHANGING MY LIFE.
I started reading this book last October and was inspired by the mini-retirement aspect. Ironically, I was let go from my job during the time I was reading this. I discussed taking a mini retirement with my husband and convinced him we could go away for the summer and he could work while we were ...
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How to Deal With Difficult People (Thorsons Business)
Ursula Markham
Thorsons, 1998
Practical advice on dealing with difficult people.
"How to Deal with Difficult People" is a useful book to read as we often meet and have to do business or live with difficult people. Maybe, we are the difficult people and therefore we need to recognise ourselves so that we can learn how to change ourselves for the good of everybody.
The author ...
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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and It's All Small Stuff
Hyperion, 2004
Living with Ease
+ Excellent book
+ Happy thoughts!
+ Great book for keeping your daily balance
+ Excellent read and excellent condition
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Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work
Paul Babiak, Robert D. Hare
Collins, 2006
A must read for every working person
+ What about when the HR Director is the psychopath?
+ A Guidebook to a Strange World
+ One of the Most Essential Works on Psychopathy
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Never Check E-Mail In the Morning: And Other Unexpected Strategies for Making Your Work Life Work
Julie Morgenstern
Fireside, 2005
Morgenstern revolutionized our business
+ Great For Employees of Small(er) Businesses
+ New way of e-mailing
Nearly a year ago, I bought Never Check E-mail in the Morning and implemented the practices prescribed throughout the book into our busy real estate office. We were drowning in in our crazy workloads, and struggling under the pressure of always being available to our clients. With e-mail and BBs ...
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Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz
Doubleday Business, 2005
Mandatory Reading for Self-Employed Professionals
+ worth checking out
+ The Art of the Schmooze
+ A good read and a good idea book for networking
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005
Methods of thinking and mental models worth learning
+ one of the "bestest" book ever
+ An insightful view of life
+ An Insightful Rant
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Quotable Manager
Joel Weiss
Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2006
Life Experience as Quotes
+ Great Resource
+ the managers friend
"Follow your instincts, that's where true wisdom manifests itself." ~Oprah Winfrey
The Quotable Manager is a wonderful collection of high-quality quotes for business managers and anyone seeking to advance in life through wisdom gained by those who have lived through a wide variety of ...
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Pay People Right!: Breakthrough Reward Strategies to Create Great Companies (Jossey Bass Business and ...
Patricia K. Zingheim, Jay R. Schuster
Jossey-Bass, 2000
A "must" reading guide !
+ A must read for changing or enhancing total rewards
+ Comprehensive. Thorough.
+ Great treatment of a difficult subject
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Make It Glow: How to Build a Company Reputation for Human Goodness, Flawless Execution, and Being ...
Tom Decotiis
Greenleaf Book Group Llc, 2008
Finally
+ Made me Glow
+ Highly recommended to anyone in charge of a business
+ A view from the inside...
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The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
Robert I. Sutton
Business Plus, 2007
A great book ... why you do not want jerks on your team
+ I work with a bunch of you know whats
+ Dead Bang On!!
+ Loved it and used it with great success
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Winners Never Cheat: Even in Tough Times
Jon M. Huntsman
Wharton School Publishing, 2005
Wow, I feel like Mr. Huntsman wrote this yesterday
+ Quick Read
+ Just Great
+ Words to live by
+ A must Read for everyone
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I Just Love My Job!: The 7P⢠Way to a Job You Love Based on Who You Are
Quarto Consulting Library
Nova Vista Publishing, 2004
Are you frustrated, burned-out, bored or simply restlessness at work? Are you concerned about attracting and retaining talented people who thrive in their jobs? Ready for changes? If you can match your strongest drives with your job, you feel much more satisfaction. And you perform better, because people do when they feel satisfied.
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Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes
Mark Penn, E. Kinney Zalesne
Twelve, 2007
Excellent analysis of contemporary society
+ Microtrends or Megatrends?
+ Cross-section of Present-day America
+ An intriguing and fun skimread
+ 75 Interesting Thoughts About the Future!
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How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
Michael Gates Gill
Gotham, 2007
I loved it!
+ Interesting read, makes you think, but has holes
+ Good read if you can get past the Starbucks marketing and are not judgemental
+ Like Mad Magazine.......
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